Those 2 mormon guys
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- mikotondria30
..they just rode past again today -
Going the other way, in the rain. Wonder what they're up to..
- coco_ono0
That's what they do...don't worry. Only start worrying when they approach your window at night when you're sleeping.
- VectorMasked0
Meeklo – "I don't necessarily agree with that, you can be from any religion and not be a fanatic looking for convert people over"
Wrong Meeklo. Although you are right in a way about other religions.
Mormons ARE brainwashed to spread and "insist" on converting other people. They don't ses it as wrong. They see it as a favour and as the righ thing to do.
It's part of the Mormon teachings, to dedicate part of your week to the look out for new members. They teach that in the 3 weekly hours they have to spend at church. It's an "clear" 11 commandment. In fact, you are are considered a "bad/mediocre" Mormon if you accept that you must tell people about your beliefs with the intent to seduce them to join Mormonism... and there are not that many "bad/mediocre" Mormons not willing to do this.
Aside from all this... male teens get separated from the congregations on sundays to start teaching them how to behave against rejection, on how to see weakness in people and how to find vulnerable people, on how to seduce with a nice way of speaking, etc... for when they are forced by the family and church to be sent for 2 years in their Mission to some other country for the sole purpose of getting other people to join the church.Sadly I'm pretty close to this whole Mormon thing (always have) and have experienced it first hand.
In fact, I'd place their idealogy of "we shall get as many people as we possibly can asap" as the one of their top 3 commencements.
They are still nice people, but there are some awful teachings within this church.
- Sorry. I meant... "you are considered a "bad" mormon if you DON'T accept you must get other people to join the church"VectorMasked
- well, I'm very close friends with at least 4 mormons, and 3 of them drink, none of them ever tried to convert meMeeklo
- I will most likely marry one of them in the next year, so I know for a fact, you are incorrect. :)Meeklo
- VectorMasked0
They are fun too... Specially the dudes in the white shirts.
I love to challenge them and confront them whenever they approach me on the streets. They tend to never have answers because they sounds like broken records.
- ********0
how can you tell they're mormons?
- Meeklo0
on some cases... you can't, unless they tell you.
unless you are in utah where their beliefs are stronger probably, I have friends that were missionaries back in the day, and today (15 years later, drink, smoke, don't go to church but they still consider themselves mormons.- yeah, but not by their church.
I was actually. Family still is. I some a pack a day, quit church at 15, drink and am vulgar :o)VectorMasked - I think you are generalizing too much, since what you say conflicts with my real life experiences, we will have to agree on disagreeing :)Meeklo
- disagree, how about that :)Meeklo
- fucking idiots then if they still consider themselves mormons but break all the rulesanimatedgif
- yeah, but not by their church.
- Meeklo0
Or.. maybe if they look like this:
- VectorMasked0
Rand — "how can you tell they're mormons?"
If you are refering to the dudes in the white shirts...
To be honest they stand out in the crowd. Clean cut, boring, fake smile, attempting to make eye contact eith anybody, some got bicycles with them, they wear name tags, they wear back packs and are usually holding tiny mini mormon books to hand out.Some asian friends that have never heard of Mormonism have pointed out, out of the blue when we walk on the street, that those dues look funny... followed by "who are they?"
Don't think it's hard to tell.
- they have name tags that say "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints", gives it awayzman
- VectorMasked0
Meeklo, if they drink they are pretty much not seen among their church as "true" or "decent" mormons. AND it's likely they don't consider themselves Mormons, or they just simply don't care about the religion. Either way they probably hide those things from the church, Maybe not from the family. Plus they aren't 18, right? The older you get, the least hope the church has for you. It's against the church to drink or smoke or hangout on sundays. It's not just a utah thing. it's Mormonism in all around the glove.
They can drink and all, but the congregation certainly aren't considerig them to be part of the gang or even Mormon at all.
Mormons are strict and drinking a quarter of a bottled beer is against Mormon's laws.I also drank and never gave a shit about the church as a kid/teen and me along with a couple of other kids from the church, were continuously visited at home by other fellow members to ask us to stop listening to the devil and follow the light of god by not smoking or hanging out on friday nights to drink like any other teen, or even asked after the dreadful 3 mandatory hours of sunday church to stick around longer to discuss our faith or whatever.
The entire family on my dad's side is hardcore mormon. :o(
So anyway pretty much, if you drink, smoke, hang out on sundays, don't intent to go to the mission, are a heavy coke/drinker (some even ban them completely), don't attend church every week for 3 hours... You aren't really a Mormon for church. You are just a dude that sows up every now and then. And they prefer to have you as a nobody, than not have you at all... since they get a percentage of your salary so they can continue to exist.
- mikotondria30
They still regularly pass my window - on bikes about 1/2 the time now.
We saw them the other day sitting with A GIRL on some benches.
The girl looked a little bored and I could have sworn I saw the domineering one looking down at a pamphlet while he spoke...
More news soon.
- Mal0
- Point50
People seem freaked out about Mormons. I grew up around quite a large population of Mormons here in Vegas and really, they're just like every other religion. You've got the devout Mormons, the Sunday only Mormons and "Jack" Mormons. In general a good group of people, but they're only human. I've experienced people not talking to me in Utah because I wasn't Mormon. I've heard the story about a guy I went to school with who had to return early from a mission in South America because he contracted chlamydia after having sex with a 17 year old girl.
- yeah I know a ton of them too, some 'good' some 'bad' mormons, it don't matterzman
- scarabin0
i was mormon for a few years as a kid.
those guys are called missionaries and all 21 year old males are expected to "go on a mission" to another state and pimp out mormonism FOR TWO YEARS.
the church pays for an apartment which they share, and they are fed every meal by members of the local church, in their homes.
- They have the haircuts of 50 year old men.
Why ?mikotondria3 - long hair is prohibited, i actually got into it with a bishop over this. "cut your hair" he said. "wtf kind of hair is jesus wearing in that photo on your desk?" says iscarabin
- photo on your desk and every wall of the church?" said i. last time i wentscarabin
- They have the haircuts of 50 year old men.
- ornj0
I had two JWs come by my apartment while I was locked out. I managed to talk them into boosting me over the huge iron fence so I could enter through a window with an AC unit. I never told them that it was my apartment and they must have freaked out. When I went out front to thank them they were long gone.
- mikotondria30
..they just went past !
- ukit0
I had a few Mormon friends when I was a kid. Say what you will about Mormons, their churches are nice and clean. It's like walking into the corporate headquarters of a Fortune 500 company.
You can laugh at the weird things they do, but when you get down to it, doesn't every religion have a certain level of weirdness to it?
- wrong0
the best solution to this problem is to go to this page
http://mormon.org/mormonorg/eng/…
and verbally abuse a mormon
- mikotondria30
Still no let up - at least 3 times a day..
- what do you expect? are you upset they don't come to your door?monospaced
- They keep trying to approach me as I walk the neighborhood. I just look them in the eye and say "NO!" and walk away.mikotondria3
- They don't seem to know what to do.
Little twats.mikotondria3 - Well, mystery solved. You make them feel very uncomfortable, dude.monospaced
